Bernie in 1991: "More Wars for Years to Come in Iraq"
This is my first (and very short) diary. I came across this video of Bernie Sanders opposing the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq.If you recall the 1991 Gulf War as I do, support for it among the US...
View ArticleThe Case for Bernie from an Expat
A recent diary attempted to make the case for Hillary by arguing yet again for her inevitability and by pointing to a variety of reasons that Sanders is unelectable (socialist!).While these kinds of...
View Article10,000
The NYTimes is reporting that the Obama administration will accept 10,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the US. The refugee crisis in Europe is a human catastrophe and a moral test of our...
View ArticleAbout the NYTimes and Bernie...
As any daily reader of the NYTimes will tell you, it was a foregone conclusion that the paper would endorse Hillary Clinton for President. The paper has given Bernie Sanders very little...
View ArticleEnough of the Iraq War Revisionism: Hillary Voted for War
While entirely predictable, the need by many to defend Hillary Clinton’s Iraq War authorization vote can only be seen as part of the worst kind of historical revisionism, based entirely on highly...
View ArticleDepleted Uranium and Hillary Clinton
Depleted Uranium is considered to be the most effective anti-tank weapon ever devised. It is made from nuclear waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons. The public first became aware the...
View ArticleCaucusing in Boulder, Colorado
Just got back from caucusing for Bernie Sanders in north Boulder. Bernie won in a landslide in north Boulder, which is not surprising. Colorado went for Sanders in a big way. Bernie performed better in...
View ArticleOn the Narrative of Low Turnout...
This will be short and sweet. Everyone has been fretting about low Democratic turnout compared with Republicans. The media’s pushing it, party leaders are pushing it, and people on Daily Kos are...
View ArticleSome Free Advice for the Hillary Campaign
Look, we get it. You had expected to wrap this all up by Super Tuesday. You could then devote the rest of the time before the convention to doing what you love best: Wining and dining lobbyists and...
View ArticleBLM and the Clintons
I participate less and less frequently here. I guess you’d say I’ve become a lurker, weighing in now and then on a particular issue. I’ll likely disappear if and when Hillary gets the nomination....
View ArticleAnother Sanders Democrat is Out of Here.
kos’ latest hitpiece calling Sanders “delusional” is my cue to exit this place for good. I joined it over a year ago. As an African American veteran who has spent many years in Germany, I thought this...
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